Re: XP and Pair Programming


Nick Malik [Microsoft] wrote:
>
> Along the way, I found an interesting article. The military conducted an
> experiment of using pair programming, and measured the result.
> http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/2003/03/jensen.html
> Excerpts
> "We hoped for a productivity gain of anything greater than 0 percent. Any
> small gain would have compensated for the two programmers loading on each
> task. The 127 percent gain achieved was phenomenal and a cause for
> celebration."
>
"The baseline productivity was determined to be approximately 77 source
lines per person-month."

That's pretty amazing productivity.

-- Daniel

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